The Murray State News

Scholarship offered for engineering students

January 31, 2021

Jakob Milani Contributing Writer jmilani@murraystate.edu The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is awarding 30 new scholarships to students pursuing...

KYTC engineers find hole in road

September 5, 2019

Staff Report The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the City of Murray worked with the City of Murray Public Works Department to excavate the site of...

Kentucky revamps forms of identification

October 11, 2018

Ali Enax Contributing writer aenax@murraystate.edu The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is making moves toward a safer identification issuance system...

$128.3 million bridge project contracted out

February 13, 2015

A contract to replace the current Henry Lawrence Memorial Bridge that crosses Lake Barkley was awarded Feb. 11 to PCL Civil Construction. The Denver-based...

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet continues to seek public input on 20-year plan

February 4, 2013

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials are asking Kentucky residents questions as they update the Kentucky Long Range Transportation Plan. The focus...

KTC plans to expand Ky. 121 North, Five Points

January 17, 2013

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet released a survey with the intent to base a 20-year-long project known as the Long Road Plan, around the concerns of...

Motorists traveling I-69 parkway advised to use existing

December 5, 2012

A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is continuing to install updated signage along 38 miles of Interstate 69 through Lyon, Caldwell, and...

KY 464/Almo-Shiloh Road closes during daytime for maintenance.

December 4, 2012

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to close KY 464/Almo-Shiloh Road at the Clarks River Bridge in Calloway County during daylight hours starting...

$4.5 million project to reduce congestion in Graves County

November 7, 2012

A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is gradually starting up work to widen a portion of U.S. 45 to four lanes in Graves County to remedy...

KTC begins bridge analysis, repairs

April 19, 2012

Crews have begun work on the Eggners Ferry Bridge almost three months after the 2,800-ton Delta Mariner NASA cargo ship collided with the main span,...

Beshear: Bridge repairs to be completed by May 27

March 8, 2012

Meghann Anderson Staff writer Chris Wilcox Staff writer Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday at the Kenlake State Resort Park in Hardin, Ky.,...

Bridge determined structurally sound

February 23, 2012

Austin Ramsey News Editor The piers adjacent the 322-foot missing section of the Eggners Ferry Bridge are structurally sound, state officials announced...